scrutable

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Capable of being understood through study and observation; comprehensible.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. understandable, comprehensible

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Capable of being submitted to scrutiny; discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination.

Etymologies

Late Latin scrūtābilis, searchable, from Latin scrūtārī, to search; see scrutiny.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

By playful backformation from inscrutable (Wiktionary)

Examples

Among the stories he told was an only partly scrutable tale tracing the roots of a favorite song to Billie Holiday , Cary Grant and a bowl of oatmeal allegedly made to levitate and assume new form as a moon.

Traditionally, it's been a place where each neighborhood has a strong character with its own behavioral code that is not necessarily scrutable to or convenient for the sojourner, and where he or she might be expected to behave deferentially or at least respectfully while visiting.

If we were to choose a single governmental function which ought to remain in the public realm -- neutrally rendered and readily scrutable -- it would surely be that upon which all other government functions, and a government's very legitimacy, are predicated: The administration of elections.